The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence; never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.
It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion.
We can succeed only by concert. It is not 'can any of us imagine better?, but 'can we all do better?
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Reputation is like fine china: Once broken it's very hard to repair.
Let us do nothing through passion and ill temper.
The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, our army and our navy... Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism at your own doors... You have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you.
Don't pray that God's on our side, pray that we're on his side.
You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.
Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.
Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.
I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.
Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?” Lincoln responded, “No.” The aide protested, “But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant.” “Yes,” replied Lincoln, “but he didn’t challenge us to do any great thing.
You can always lie to others and hide your actions from them... but you can not fool yourself
If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.
I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were felt by the whole human race, there would not be one cheerful face left on earth.
It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.
Allow me to assure you, that suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation.
And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.
I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.
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